The mother of a man who died following a hotel blaze felt "tremendous guilt" she was not there to help rescue her son and his partner from the fire that claimed their lives, an inquiry has heard.
Simon Midgley, 32, and his partner Richard Dyson, 38, from London, died following a blaze at the five-star Cameron House Hotel on the banks of Loch Lomond, in December 2017.
Today, a fatal accident inquiry (FAI) has began at Paisley Sheriff Court, looking at issues around guest and fire safety at the hotel. Sheriff Thomas McCartney held a minute's silence before the inquiry heard a statement written by Mr Midgley's mother, Jane Midgley, about her "gregarious" son, who had told her the day before his death that "2018 was going to be our year".
